Toilet-seat.



C. F. CHURCH.

TOILET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.

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CHARLES FREDERICK CHURCH, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOILET-SEAT.

Application filed February 21, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T. CHARLns F. Cnunorr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Toilet-Seat; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to toilet seats and it has for its object to provide an efficient, economic and cheap means of securing together the parts which form the seat and which will not be acted upon by the moisture and corroding acids. 1

A further object of my invention is to produce a toilet seat which will be attractive in whatever position it may be placed in, that is, up or down, and one which will be reinforced by a means removed from any deteriorating or discoloring elements to which such articles are subject.

The invention may be contained in a number of constructions all of which come within the purview of my claims hereinafter appended. To show the practicability of constructions embodying my invention, I have selected one or two ofsuch constructions as examples and shall describe them hereinafter. The construction selected is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the drawings illustrates a view of the underside of an open seat. 2 illustrates the lower side of a closed seat. Fig. 3 illustrates a transverse sectional View of the seats shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.

1, Fig. 1, is an open seat formed of two or more parts 3, 3 of wood, which are joined together at the back of the seat. The parts 3 are rabbeted on their lower sides forming the channel 4: which, when the parts of the seat are placed together, extends from nose to nose of the open seat and circularly through the parts. A circular metal reinforcing strip or casting 5 is placed in channel 4 after the parts of the seat have been sealed or glued together along the joint 6. The strip 5 may be made of cast metal or it may be made of sheet steel. It may also be made of other reinforcing material of any kind. It is made strong enough to sustain Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Serial no. 820,126.

the wear and strains to which such an article is subject. The strip 5 is preferably provided with reinforcing ribs 7, to insure strength with lightness of material used. It is provided with screw holes through which screws are inserted for securing the strip to the parts of'the seat. A strip of any length or shape may be inserted in a channel in the back part of the seat.

The strip 5 is provided with shoulders 8 which have screw threaded openings which register with openings 9 located in the parts of the seat and extend to the back of the seat. Machine screw ring bolts 10 pass through the openings 9 in the rear of the seat and are screwed into the openings in the shoulders 8. A pintle 12 passes through the eyes of the bolts 10 and is securely fastened in a bracket or eyes 13 forming connecting parts of the hinge with the supporting parts of the seat. The bolts and the sockets being machine threaded, the hinge thus formed will he exceedingly strong and, moreover, the seat will be securely fastened to the hinge whereby the life of the seat will be greatly extended. The reinforcing strip being lo cated within the body of the seat, it is concealed and invisible and the appearance of the seat is rendered exceedingly attractive. No discoloration occurs and no opportunity is given for collection of foreign materials. The seat, moreover. may be easily cleaned. Furthermore, a cheap but efficient cast iron strip maybe used where brass would ordinarily be required. because the reinforcing member is thoroughly and perfectly protect ed from the fluids to which the use of the article subjects exposed parts.

In assembling the parts, the wooden pieces of the seat are joined together at 6 and then a layer of cement or composition of non-contractile material 19 I may be placed in the bottom of the rabbet. The reinforcing strip 5 is then placed in the channel and secured to the seat. The channel is then filled with a cement 20 which will unite with the bottom layer and harden in and about the strip 5 and the reinforcing ribs 7 without cracking, completely close and seal the metal strip in the channel or the channel may be filled with a wooden strip. The composition on the lower side of the seat may be further coated or painted so as to completely cover and remove all indication of the rabbeting and the presence of the strip and produce a smooth even po1- ished surface over the underside of the seat. The substantially ring shaped strip 5 is of special advantage inasmuch as it not only reinforces an open seat, but it also reinforces a seat formed of four sections. Seats formed of foursections are a great economy in the use of wood inasmuch as the width required is much less than in a-two piece seat. The circular ring extends around so as to reinforce and securely hold the four parts in a four-part seat as well as to extend around from nose to nose in an open seat. The four part seat is illustrated in Fig. 2. It is composed of the four parts 14, 15 and 16, which are joined along the edges 17. The grain of the wood extends substantially along the same line of direction in each of the parts as that of the circular reinforcing strip 5. The back part 14 is provided with openings 18 for receiving the ringbolts 10, which pass through the rear edge of the rear part 14 and enter 'the shoulders 8 formed in the strip 5. The channel 4 is formed in the underside of each of the four parts in which the strip 5 is placed and secured in the same manner that is done in assembling the two part seats and the open seats. The strip 5, being substantially circular, binds all the parts together and greatly reinforces theseat. 1

The constructions selected and described may be greatly varied in the arrangement,

7 the connections of the parts, and in the sub- 7 stitution of the elements having equivalent Copies of this patent may be. obtained for seat, a metal reinforcing strip secured to each of the parts and located in the channel above the lower surface, a filler covering the strip and filling the channel to form a smooth undersurface and protect the metal reinforcing strip and hinge bolts threaded into the strip.

2. The combination of a toilet seat formed of a'plurality of segmental parts and having a channel formed by rabbeting in the under side of the parts and a stiff metal reinforcing strip located in the channel and secured to each of the parts and a filling body for covering the metallic strip and filling the channel to the under side of the seat to form a smooth-undersurface and protect the metal reinforcing strip and hinge bolts threaded into the strip through the rear edge of the seat.

3. The combination of a toilet seat having a plurality of segmental parts and a channel formed by rabbeting the under sides of the parts, a metal strip having enlarged shoulders located in the channel, hinge bolts extending through the seat into the channel and screw threaded into the shoulders.

at. The combination of a toilet seat having a plurality of segmental parts and having a channel formed by rabbeting the under sides of the parts, a cast metal strip having reinforcing ribs and enlarged socketed shoulders located in the channel, hinge bolts extending through the seat into the channel and screw threaded into the shoulders and a sealing composition for covering the strip and filling the channel.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES FREDERICK CHURCH. Witnesses:

- ALFRED JUDD,

' J. M. OSHEA.

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